Posted:20th Oct 2005Hello all! I'm very new to fire staffs. infact i don't own one at this point in time, i got a metal curtain rail with 2 sponges sticky taped to either side as padding. Anyway, to the point, i'm getting a proper fire staff for christmas(ain't mum's great), and i want to know what kind of wick i need, i've checked this site and i see wick that come's in strips, is this the right one, or is there a wick especialy made for fire staffs?

The only reason i'm scared of little kid's is because I know in ten year's time they'll be mugging me.....

Posted:20th Oct 2005The wick you want is called kevlar it comes in strips.

If you're mums getting you one I'd recomend going to Oddballs in London and getting a steve staff or getting one from tePooka toys http://www.tepookatoys.com(insert shameless self promotion), the ones off this site are good too.

Always make sure that you get kevlar wicks sometimes if you get them in thailand they make them out of asbestos which is not nice.

If you are making your own there's loads of articles about on construction. Which are easy to find by doing a serach for them.

Posted:18th Jul 2007omg oddballs rocks i'm in there like, everytime i go to camden [i'm the short girl with dark hair who looks at the contact juggling stuff and the skateboards]

i'll be seeing you oddballa people soon, i'm buying a staff cos i like to buy random things then learn how to use them and staff looks like fun.hehe, oh yeah, and if odd balls staff read this, has my black ball come in yet? my names maria btw,[you wrote me down]

sorry to use this as a kinda oddballs talky-to-and-about thingy completely off topic

Posted:23rd Jul 2007it is mostly full of over priced hoodies n skate shoes, all the equipment is badly organised and in the corner of the shop, and the staff looked at me quite moodily as i did wander over into the corner to look what stuff was actually there

Posted:23rd Jul 2007I dunno but if max is there he's very useful and normally gives me a discount probably because I go there knowing what I want and lots of it. best to check the website first and give them a call

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.

Posted:25th Jul 2007When I went in they tried demonstrating a staff I was looking at (with disdain to be honest) and I nearly wet myself with laughter, should have asked if he wanted someone who could use the props to work there.

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.

But I have played around with five different 3-pieces, one of which was my own, and I decided that I dislike the,m throughly.

They feel poorly weighted, and they begin to rattle after a while, and they feel far too flimsy for my liking - despite each of them being advertised as 'sturdy as a one-piece'. After spinning a solid one-piece, I don't think I could ever spin a flimsy 3-piece again.

Maybe I've just had experiences with particularly poor 3-pieces, but from what I've heard and form what I *have* experienced, they are certainly on my dislike list.